NEW YORK--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Keefe,
Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW), a full-service, boutique
investment bank and broker-dealer that specializes in the financial
services sector, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp.
(NYSE:SF), today announced that Brian Wornow has joined the firm as
Managing Director in the Financial Services Investment Banking Group. He
is based in the firm’s New York office.

“KBW continues to expand our Financial Services Investment Banking
division by investing in quality talent with deep industry relationships
and we are thrilled to have someone with Brian’s experience and
accomplishments join our team”

Mr. Wornow brings more than 20 years of experience to KBW and is
responsible for expanding the group’s work across the mortgage finance
and real estate services sectors, advising clients on mergers &
acquisitions, divestitures, public and private equity and debt
offerings. In this role, he will work alongside more than 20
professionals in KBW’s Financial Services Group as well as more than 100
experts in the firm’s overall investment
banking group.

“KBW continues to expand our Financial Services Investment Banking
division by investing in quality talent with deep industry relationships
and we are thrilled to have someone with Brian’s experience and
accomplishments join our team,” said Peter J. Wirth, Head of Investment
Banking at KBW.

“Brian’s extensive background adds even greater depth to our team of
mortgage and real estate services experts. He is a proven deal
professional and his intimate operational knowledge of the mortgage and
real estate sectors will make him a valuable asset to our clients as
they navigate the myriad opportunities and risks in today’s market,”
added Keith Meyers, Head of Financial Services Investment Banking.

Mr. Wornow most recently he served as Senior Managing Director at
Clayton Holdings. Prior to that, he acted as Managing Director and
Co-Head of Morgan Stanley’s residential mortgage whole loan trading
business. Brian has also held executive and managerial roles at UBS
Securities, LLC, Mortgage IT, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche
Bank Securities), and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He graduated with honors
from the State University of New York at Binghamton and received his
J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

About KBW

KBW
LLC, a Stifel company, operates in the U.S. and Europe through its
broker dealer subsidiaries, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Stifel
Nicolaus Europe Limited (“SNEL”), also trading as Keefe, Bruyette &
Woods Europe (“KBW Europe”). Over the years, KBW has established itself
as a leading independent authority in the banking, insurance, brokerage,
asset management, mortgage banking and specialty finance sectors.
Founded in 1962, the firm maintains industry-leading positions in the
areas of research, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions as well
as sales and trading in equities securities of financial services
companies.

Stifel Company Information

Stifel
Financial Corp. (NYSE:SF) is a financial services holding company
headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, that conducts its banking,
securities, and financial services business through several wholly owned
subsidiaries. Stifel’s broker-dealer clients are served in the United
States through Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated; Keefe Bruyette
& Woods, Inc.; Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC; Century Securities
Associates, Inc.; and Eaton Partners, LLC, and in the United Kingdom and
Europe through Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited. The Company’s
broker-dealer affiliates provide securities brokerage, investment
banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to
individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and
municipalities. Stifel Bank & Trust offers a full range of consumer and
commercial lending solutions. Stifel Trust Company, N.A. and Stifel
Trust Company Delaware, N.A. offer trust and related services. To learn
more about Stifel, please visit the Company’s web site at www.stifel.com.

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